Liabilities and economic headwinds have left 3M stock without many supporters on Wall Street. Only one out of 21 analysts covering the stock rates shares Buy. That’s less than 5%. The average Buy-rating ratio for stocks in the S&P 500 is about 58%.
So, it looks like I’m the contrarian on this one. I’m not only holding my shares, but also estimating that 3M has a 30-40% of ultimately prevailing in its attempt to fence-ring the earplug liability (#msg-169803125).
Feel free to tell me I’m out to lunch.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”